Less Than Half NBA Teams Profitable

[OSUFan_88]

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Several teams need to be moved.

Miami, Clippers, and Memphis all come to mind when I think of teams that would bleed money.

[CeltBhoy33]

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That is the problem IMO. I'm 37! I'm a man! I loved the Association in the 80's and the 90's. But in the past decade or so, it is just trash (IMO). The players just don't care, I remember after a game the winning team would jump up and down, and the losers would hang their heads and walk off the court. Now, you can't tell who won or loss after a game, both teams are smiling! All the players care about is playing well enough and staying healthy to sign one more contract. That is all.

Wow, this topic should end on that note imo.
You put it perfectly.
I'm only seventeen. But I remember just a little bit why I loved the NBA so much. But I just hate it right now.

[X*Cell]

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Wow, this topic should end on that note imo.
You put it perfectly.
I'm only seventeen. But I remember just a little bit why I loved the NBA so much. But I just hate it right now.

i don't see it.

[ehh]

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Stop charging $280 for ****ty seats at The Garden.

[jake44np]

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Getting rid of cheerleadings is not going to do anything to help them make a profit.
You do realize they only pay their cheerleaders like $7 an hour dont you?
Pro sports cheerleaders arent paid anything, they all have second jobs to support themselves.

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Fitting for David Stern for practically marketing half the league and ignoring the rest.

He pumps up who he wants and could care less about the rest. Same teams have been on tv every year, multiple games even when the matchups didnt warrant it. Same teams on Christmas, every decision money motivated instead of for the best interest of the league.

They completely dropped the ball on the story of the Blazers and how a franchise can turn a toilet team into a contendor with everything going for itself the RIGHT WAY.

I heard Mychal Thompson on the radio last week say Stern called all of the radio guys up telling them to try to sell tickets for the league... forget the fact that he's allowed teams to jack up prices that pushed families into the nosebleeds and out to the bar having to watch it on the tv screen outside of the arena.

Fitting problem for a man out of touch with the fanbase.

[X*Cell]

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Getting rid of cheerleadings is not going to do anything to help them make a profit.
You do realize they only pay their cheerleaders like $7 an hour dont you?
Pro sports cheerleaders arent paid anything, they all have second jobs to support themselves.

you were sincerely pissed at that suggestion weren't you? Cause I definitely was

[X*Cell]

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Fitting for David Stern for practically marketing half the league and ignoring the rest.

He pumps up who he wants and could care less about the rest. Same teams have been on tv every year, multiple games even when the matchups didnt warrant it. Same teams on Christmas, every decision money motivated instead of for the best interest of the league.

They completely dropped the ball on the story of the Blazers and how a franchise can turn a toilet team into a contendor with everything going for itself the RIGHT WAY.

I heard Mychal Thompson on the radio last week say Stern called all of the radio guys up telling them to try to sell tickets for the league... forget the fact that he's allowed teams to jack up prices that pushed families into the nosebleeds and out to the bar having to watch it on the tv screen outside of the arena.

Fitting problem for a man out of touch with the fanbase.

I don't think it's a secret that David Stern is the biggest thorn in the NBA's side. The day he's replaced will be one of the happiest days of my life.

[Primerica]

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That is the problem IMO. I'm 37! I'm a man! I loved the Association in the 80's and the 90's. But in the past decade or so, it is just trash (IMO). The players just don't care, I remember after a game the winning team would jump up and down, and the losers would hang their heads and walk off the court. Now, you can't tell who won or loss after a game, both teams are smiling! All the players care about is playing well enough and staying healthy to sign one more contract. That is all.

Says the Christian Laettner fan, please enter the NBA isn't the same thread below.

[Primerica]

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http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...re_profitable/

There has been other reports too.

My suggested fixes

1) Turn off the jumbotron
2) Get rid of all cheerleader/dance squads except Knicks/Lakers
3) Play in smaller venues if you can't sell out your arena (half the league)

I hate how evil they think not making a profit on an NBA team is. At anytime an owner could sell his team and recoup more than he originally bought it for and likely make a substantial profit. Sports are one of the most consistent businesses in America.....isn't there anything worse than millionaires whining?

1) Nope
2) This wouldn't be a bad idea
3) Bad idea

I swear people have no clue about the NBA. The NBA has the most restrictive salary cap system in place for marginal talent. Rookies are on a strict scale. Unless you resign with your team you can't make more than 5 million a year.....unless a team has cap room which is like 1 or 2 a year.

What is going to hurt the NBA is the fact that more seats are sold to business/luxury box instead of real fans. When the economy downturns businesses give up these seats (which average folk can't afford) and they go empty.

This is real, I agree 100%

The NBA has many problems within the upper heads. They are by far the best at marketing and globalization. Ranked near the bottom in overall organizations. The worst being the Bobcats, best being the Lakers and luck as hell being the Knicks.

[Jeffx]

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Fitting for David Stern for practically marketing half the league and ignoring the rest.

He pumps up who he wants and could care less about the rest. Same teams have been on tv every year, multiple games even when the matchups didnt warrant it. Same teams on Christmas, every decision money motivated instead of for the best interest of the league.

They completely dropped the ball on the story of the Blazers and how a franchise can turn a toilet team into a contendor with everything going for itself the RIGHT WAY.

I heard Mychal Thompson on the radio last week say Stern called all of the radio guys up telling them to try to sell tickets for the league... forget the fact that he's allowed teams to jack up prices that pushed families into the nosebleeds and out to the bar having to watch it on the tv screen outside of the arena.

Fitting problem for a man out of touch with the fanbase.

I'll add another - expansion has killed the NBA. There are too many damn teams. But David "Spin Doctor" Stern doesn't see it that way.

And taking most playoff games off network TV was a dumba$$, short-sighted move. Remember the days when NBC had three games on Sunday, ending with Bulls-Knicks in prime time? Like you said, everything's money motivated instead of what's best for the league(generating fan interest).

[J.R. Locke]

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I'll add another - expansion has killed the NBA. There are too many damn teams. But David "Spin Doctor" Stern doesn't see it that way.

And taking most playoff games off network TV was a dumba$$, short-sighted move. Remember the days when NBC had three games on Sunday, ending with Bulls-Knicks in prime time? Like you said, everything's money motivated instead of what's best for the league(generating fan interest).

Uh generating fan interest is why you expand....it costs the NBA more money to expand when franchises fail (Vancouver, Charlotte, Seattle). You can't say the league is not generating fan interest by expansion, the expansion of the D-league too is aimed at expanding interest and not profits.

Network TV is done. Even Monday Night Football is off network TV.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Don't believe the hype. These owners wouldn't be in the buisness if all of them weren't making money. Just about every team has a new arena in which they extorted all the parking, vending & other profits from. They have their own network. Owners are lying when they claim they aren't making money.

[JBH3]

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Don't believe the hype. These owners wouldn't be in the buisness if all of them weren't making money. Just about every team has a new arena in which they extorted all the parking, vending & other profits from. They have their own network. Owners are lying when they claim they aren't making money.

yea...$7 dollar beers sold to 20,000 fans 3 times a gm multiplied by 41 hm games = $17,220,000.

All of our beer purchasing just bought Agent Zero's contract for the year.

Add ticket sales, parking, souveniers, food, and whatever else you can think of that they make money off of us w/ and I'd say that most teams profit or come extremely close.

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Lets not forget they split the luxury tax money as well.